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Syria fighting rages on last day of ineffectual cease-fire

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 06:58 PM PDT

Government forces shell areas held by the opposition and a car bombing targets a suburb considered loyal to President Bashar Assad, reports say.

BEIRUT — Syrian government shelling of areas held by opposition forces and a car bomb in a suburb considered loyal to President Bashar Assad killed and injured dozens of people Monday, activists and state news media said.

Arab citizens in Israel bemoan lack of policing

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 08:42 PM PDT

As gang violence increases, residents rethink their past resistance to welcoming Israeli police into their Arab communities.

TIRA, Israel — When residents of this once-sleepy Arab village gathered to protest recent gang-style shootings in their community, anger quickly focused on the Israeli police.

Brazil's business hub Sao Paulo elects new mayor

Posted: 29 Oct 2012 12:00 AM PDT

Fernando Haddad gets boost from ex-President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and President Dilma Rousseff as Sao Paulo and other cities hold runoff elections.

SAO PAULO, Brazil — Brazil's governing Workers' Party won control of South America's largest city as Fernando Haddad was elected mayor of Sao Paulo in Sunday's runoff municipal elections.